The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-10-27
Slnvs And Stripes.

Houston Post; The Republican !
party is now called "The-W e-Want-to.Get-
Back Club"
Chicago Tribune The Governor
of Ohio to the Governor of Illinois
Isn't tia long time between snubs?
Harrisburg Patriot No one will |
accuse Colonel Fred Grant of the ter
rible crime OF looking into It CYCLIC |
p@dia
Chester times; The tall sycamore
of the West" bows its head in humble
subseryiency to the Cleveland wind
Boston Post Young men who go
to Europe for the first time generally
take paris green. The dose is not
often fatal, however,
San Francisco Alta 1t is said that
the First Napoloon's skeleton has
been stolen. No matter, the Emperor
is done with it,
Chicago Inter-Ocean: Quality for
quantity is the basis OF exchange upon
which the American heiress marries a
European nobleman.
Hartford Post So Johnny Ward,
the ball player, has married the ac.
tress Helen Dauvray. He will now
have home plate Of his own
Shoe and Leather Reporter; A
great many good men have missed
the top of the ladder by attempting
too many rounds at TIE first Jump,
Boston Post When u political par
ty sweeps State it is surprising that
the State is sometimes about as dirty
politically, afterward as it was before.
Springfield Union: The Sunday
law is so well enforced against BARRIERS
in Philadelphia that it is easier to gel
drunk than to get shaved on Sunday
Jordon Times "What kind of bows
go to heayen?' asked the Sunday
schoolssuperintendent. Dead boys,
yelled the youngest member of infan
class.
Pittsburg Chronicle: ELTIRA.-No
you are mistaken; the scholarships
> you read don't in connection Will
colleges are not the boats the student
row their races in.
Louisville Courier Journal: Som
t Of these days the hustle of the wife 0
! leading protectionist will be seizec
a by the Custom House officers. Lool
S out for indignation then.
; Chicago News: The land theorie
> of Henry George. should stay ava,
from the National Farmers Congress
which meets in Chicago next month
Il If they don't they will be snubbed.
/. New York Commercial Advertiser
n The credulity Of the incredulous
n well illustrated by Bob lngersoll
a declaration that Baltimore is one c
% the best-governed cities in the worC
5 Perry County Times 1t is said ths
1t when an Indian dies his surviving re
y atives pay all his debts We are a,
IS quainted with several men whom W
n heartily wish would turn Indian, an
i. die.
r. a. Oil City Blizzard 1t took Ora
- seven years to write his "Elegy in
Country Churchyard." He couldn
y hold "sit" on an oil country papt
- very long unless he could grind o,
- ;. copy faster than that.
e. Nashville American; A student
natural history stepped on Il lattl
snake the Other day. He had hear
they alwys give warning before stri
. ing, so he waited to hear it rattl
=, He couldn't hear it thunder now,
is, Omaha World The Pensylvan
Mt Railroad has raked in over milliC
tn more dollars this year than durir
It. the same time last year After Il
ry passage Of another interstate cor
u merce act or two it will be rich enoug
III to retire.
g. Rochester Post Express The st
AZ dents of Dartmouth College secured
y donkey the other day and got it |
ie into the chapel, where it stay,
!" through the exercises. There is IL
ou much to be said in favor of the al
ny NAL he probably conducted hims,
"s better than the asses that took hi
there.